Writing

Angus was sick on Friday but that didn't stop him doing some fantastic writing! Well done Angus I'm impressed with your A+ accountability for your learning!

Revolting Recipes

Chloe

Heather

Revolting Recipes

Winnings!

Check out the prizes Jess received for winning her book review competition. Haven't read her review yet? Have a look further down the blog and get reading!

Onomatopoeia Writing - Georgia

We have been learning about different language features and we have been trying to use them in our writing.
Have a read of Georgia's writing - she has focused on using onomatopoeia.

Exciting News for Jess and Room 9

Yesterday I checked my email and discovered I had a VERY exciting email that I must share with you!

Kia ora Rachel, 

Thank you for entering your students' work into the Scholastic Reviews Competition. Your student Jess P has won her age section (age 5-7) of the competition, and I will be sending out her pack of books early next week. 

I will also be putting this review online, and will let you know when this is put up. 

Kind regards, 

Sarah Forster
Education Manager

Well done Jess!! We are very proud of you!

Here is Jess's winning book review:
Book Review: "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" by Jeff Kinney.

I think this is a very good book. It is about two boys, Greg and Rowley, they are best friends.

Greg is mischievous, sneaky and cheeky. Every day Greg’s Dad makes him go outside to do sport. But, Greg would just go to Rowley’s.

Rowley is sensible, kind and also silly. He has funny ideas. He is at an intermediate school but knows nothing more than a 7 year old. Rowley has a Dad that won’t let him play anything that is violent.

This book is about how they break up and make up.

How there is a piece of cheese on the court and nobody will go near it.

I feel happy about reviewing this book; it is a very cool book.

By Jess P (age 7)

Jack G Reporting for Springston School

This is what I,  Jack, did at writing today. 

It is about pet day that was the 7th of oct 2012. Its all about the lambs and my class think it's pretty funny. After I recorded this I went and wrote about Pet Day - you might see that on the blog pretty soon too! 

I hope you enjoy it. Many thanks, Jack. 

Spring Writing

Have a listen to the fabulous writing by these boys about Spring. What kind of language features and techniques can you hear?

The boys have been working really hard on their writing so leave them a comment letting them know what you think!

George

Macaulay

Jack M

Electric Writing!

Wow who saw that amazing electrical storm last night?! You didn't?! Check out this photo by our very own Miss Alice...

Didn't she do a great job snapping this photo just as the lightning struck?

Inspired by the storm we made some acrostic poems during writing time, check them out below.

Left: Jack M   Right: Anja

Left: George   Right: Molly

Left: Cameron   Right: Lucy

Left: Millie   Right: Matthew

Left: Brooke   Right: Jackson

Left: Hoani   Right: William

Left: Alice  Right: Rob

Macaulay's Haiku

Hoani's Haiku

Jack G's Wet Day Haiku

George's Fotobabble

Millie's Rainy Day

Lucy's Rain Drop Photobabble

Georgia L's Fotobabble

Rain Haikus

Inspired by the rainy day today we tried our hand at writing Haikus.

A Haiku is an Ancient Japanese poem that is made up of 3 lines. The first line has 5 syllables, the second line has 7 syllables and the final line goes back to 3 syllables.

Let us know what you think of our Haiku's.

By Anja

Online Creative Writing

Here is the link you need to help you do some writing!

Interactive Story Guide

Georgia L's Fotobabble

Voki wouldn't work on our class iPads so Georgia L (and Alice!) were A+ Adaptable and created Fotobabbles about Margaret Mahy instead.

Jack M's Voki